Missouri Politicos Move To FINALLY Allow Pregnant Women Divorce Rights

The best report about this throwback rule comes with an important consideration . . .

Check the reference to Kansas City's trending homicide count in this quote:

The law was enacted in 1973 to ensure the biological father would be financially responsible for the child. But Courtney Thomas, the president and CEO of local domestic violence shelter Newhouse, says it has had adverse effects.

“It’s clearly an archaic law that doesn’t empower women to do what they need to do to care for themselves, their bodies, their children,” Thomas said. “It keeps people in dangerous and unsafe situations. And we know that the stress that a mother feels while they are pregnant, can impact the long-term health of that child.”

Thomas says there have been 23 homicides in Kansas City since Jan. 1, and seven of those deaths were domestic violence related. On average, it takes a survivor seven attempts to leave before they flee their abusers for good.

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